Anomalous localization and multifractality in a kicked quasicrystal

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.09442v2
• Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 18:00:06 GMT
• Title: Anomalous localization and multifractality in a kicked quasicrystal
• Authors: Toshihiko Shimasaki, Max Prichard, H. Esat Kondakci, Jared Pagett, Yifei Bai, Peter Dotti, Alec Cao, Tsung-Cheng Lu, Tarun Grover, David M. Weld
• Abstract summary: We report the experimental observation of multifractal matter and anomalous localization in a kicked Aubry-Andr'e-Harper quasicrystal. Our results open up the exploration of new states of matter characterized by an intricate interplay of fractal structure and quantum dynamics.
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• Abstract: Multifractal states offer a "third way" for quantum matter, neither fully localized nor ergodic, exhibiting singular continuous spectra, self-similar wavefunctions, and transport and entanglement scaling exponents intermediate between extended and localized states. While multifractality in equilibrium systems generally requires fine-tuning to a critical point, externally driven quantum matter can exhibit multifractal states with no equilibrium counterpart. We report the experimental observation of multifractal matter and anomalous localization in a kicked Aubry-Andr\'e-Harper quasicrystal. Our cold-atom realization of this previously-unexplored model is enabled by apodized Floquet engineering techniques which expand the accessible phase diagram by five orders of magnitude. This kicked quantum quasicrystal exhibits a rich phase diagram including not only fully localized and fully delocalized phases but also an extended region comprising an intricate nested pattern of localized, delocalized, and multifractal states. Mapping transport properties throughout the phase diagram, we observe disorder-driven re-entrant delocalization and sub-ballistic transport, and present a theoretical explanation of these phenomena based on eigenstate multifractality. These results open up the exploration of new states of matter characterized by an intricate interplay of fractal structure and quantum dynamics.

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